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The guide taking us on a tour of Istanbul was extremely articulate and expressive, suddenly he whispered, “There will be times,” he said, “when I will have to refer to our great leader, and I

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Theme: Preparedness for future epidemic/pandemic lessons learnt from COVID-19 Veterinary Hospital Kohima  World Zoonoses Day is observed every year on 6th July to create awareness on the growing thre

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Have you seen somebody carrying a load of baggage, no not a passenger at a railway station or airport, but someone with a guilty past, failure, lack of confidence, someone who doesn’t know that all he&rsq

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I read that the PM was going to lead the Yoga Day celebrations at the UN! I’m glad yoga is being exported from India, and that slowly the whole world is realizing that attaining peace and joy are more

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